Tie clip



July 7, 1942. P. L. WOOD 2,28

TIE CLIP Filed Sept. 20, 1941 Pra ll f fi g gd QMM ATTORNEYS Patented July 7, 1942 TIE CLIP Percy L. Wood, Attleboro, Mass, assignor to Swank, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application September 20, 1941, Serial No. 411,731

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a tie clip and has for one of its objects to provide an arrangement for securely holding a tie in position while affording a long resilient gripping action of the tie between two jaws.

Heretofore tie clips have been provided which have resilient action between the two jaws and grip the work or tie between them to hold the tie and shirt against relative movement, and while two points of engagement have been provided on the back jaw for forcing the work against the front jaw, it is quite usual that more emphasis is laid upon the distribution of pressure between the two engaging points than upon providing a long resilient action or a double resilient action due to the back jaw.

One object of the invention is to provide a long resilient action between the outer point of engagement and the front jaw and a secondary resilient action between the outer point of engagement and the inner point of engagement which will be entirely independent from the primary resilient action between the jaws.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie clip having two points of engagement fOr gripping the work between the jaws with the resilient action provided both in the bend of the material of one of the jaws and in the resilience of the back jaw along the length thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. simplified construction with a minimum number of parts in assembly operations.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a tie clip formed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a piece of fabric gripped by the clip;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one part of the clip;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another part of the clip; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the connecting member for the two parts.

In proceeding with this invention, the construction that I utilize is formed from sheet stock which may be stamped out and bent by machine operations and assembled by a connecting member, in a simple assembly operation.

The front jaw of the clip is designated generally I0 (see Fig. 4) and is of sheet stock out out to provide a bar-like construction I I bent as at I2 to provide a return bent portion I3. This front bar may be of any ornamental configuration, such, for instance, as the provision of a frame I4 and the mounting of an initial-carrying device I5 thereon; or, any other shaping of this front bar may be provided so long as some stock is present at points spaced longitudinally thereof to provide for gripping the work between the jaws at certain points. A beveled edge at I 6 may be formed for ornamental purposes.

The back jaw is designated generally I! (see Fig. 5) and consists of sheet stock, also cut out and bent, the sheet stock being bent out of a fiat plane to provide pressure areas I8 and I9 adjacent either end of the back jaw; while it is cut out as at 20 to provide a hollow center with an arm 2| extending from a point adjacent the pressure area I8 longitudinally through the center of the cut-out portion 20. These pressure areas I8 and I9 are raised from the general extent of the stock of this back jaw II as may be clearly seen in Fig. 3 so that when the work 22 (see Fig. 3) is inserted between the front jaw III and the back jaw II, the work will be contacted at these pressure areas I8 and I9,

The return bent portion I3 and the arm 2| are placed in abutting relation, and a tubular sleeve 23 is slipped over the ends of the portion I3 and arm 2| and securely held to each part, such as by crimping, to provide a rigid connection between them.

Primary pressure is exerted between the pressure area I8 and the point opposite this pressure area on the bar I I by reason of the resilience of the bent portion I2 of the return bent portion of the front bar. Secondary pressure is exerted on the pressure area I9 by reason of the resilience of the stock of the back jaw through a skeleton formation 24 which forms a frame-like structure about the central opening 20 of the back jaw. Thus both primary and secondary resilienceextend substantially the full length of the back jaw and are independent with the pressure of the area I9 acting about pressure area I8 as a center.

By the above arrangement, a very simple form of tie clip is provided and one which has pressure areas acting with independent resiliences for accomplishing their work-holding function. Definite points of pressure opposite one another are provided in each of the pressure areas, while these pressure areas are both formed on a separate jaw connected to the front jaw.

I claim:

1. In a tie clip, a front jaw, a rear jaw having two work-engaging areas for forcing the work toward the front jaw at locations spaced longitudinally of the front jaw, said rear jaw being provided with a central cut-out portion, an arm extending from one end of the back jaw through the cut-out center thereof, and means for connecting said arm to the front jaw.

2. In a tie clip, a front jaw having a return bent portion at one end, a rear jaw having two spaced work-engaging areas for forcing the work toward the front jaw at locations spaced longitudinally of the front jaw, said rear jaw being provided with a central cut-out portion, an arm extending from the distant end of the back jaw through the cut-out cnter thereof, and means for connecting said arm to the return bent portion of the front jaw.

3. In a clip, a front jaw, a rear jaw, one of said jaws having a return bend at one end thereof and the other jaw connected to this return bend to provide resilience between the jaws moving the same into gripping relation, a pressure area on the rear jaw adjacent the end thereof distant from the connection between the jaws, said rear jaw having a portion forming a second pressure area and a resilient portion extending between the first pressure area and second pressure area and urged toward the front jaw by the resilience of the stock of the said portion throughout substantially the entire distance between said pressure areas whereby an independently controlled secondary resilient pressure is secured.

PERCY L. WOOD. 

